Firefox Add-On: Flagfox

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Posted in » Firefox - by Ades on September 30th, 2008

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flagfox.pngThis firefox plugin displays a country flag in the URL field for a given website, depicting the location of the current website’s server. It also provides quick access to detailed location and webserver information (see screenshot).

Besides being a neat firefox plugin, you could use this tool to identify some phishing sites as well. For example, if you access www.paypal.com and see some unknown flag for the server, you better don’t login on that website!

Plugin page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5791

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8 Responses to “Firefox Add-On: Flagfox”

  1. By Minnesota Attorney on Oct 2, 2008

    Excellent idea. I would love to see how many sites are in India.

    In addition to the reasons you stated, this plugin would be great for allowing you to see if someone’s blog really is in the country they say—instead of someone pretending to be in a country just to sell stuff.

  2. By Andrew. Estate Lawyer. on Oct 2, 2008

    This is intriguing. But I don’t know how reliable such a plugin would be. A person’s site could easily be hosted in a different country from their base of operations. The server being in a certain country doesn’t really tell you much.

  3. By T Shirt Screenprinting on Oct 3, 2008

    personally I like SEOpen, which also shows whois info and more.. this is cool though too

  4. By Anthony on Oct 3, 2008

    Another great heads up tip. Thanks!

  5. By appleblogger on Oct 6, 2008

    i guess not many people know about this one. Its become interesting if we know how to use this add one. Thanks for sharing with us. :)

  6. By Minnesota Attorney on Oct 6, 2008

    This plugin is addictive. It’s really fun to see where blogs are located. It’s not always accurate, since the plugin can only see where the server is located, but it’s still cool.

  7. By YourDownline.co.uk on Oct 10, 2008

    Firefox does have some awesoem addons but it just annoys me how often I open it and it says it needs to update

  8. By Angelina Maben on Oct 11, 2008

    Another great plugin for the firefox.


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